Yahoo Autos Chinese Research Balloon Lost Over America Definitely Not Spying, Says China
That sounds like exactly what a spy would say.
Have you ever played with a helium balloon and let it float off into the sky? Did you wonder where it might land, or if it might cause an international incident? Well, that’s what happened when a Chinese weather balloon drifted off course and entered U.S. airspace.
On Thursday, U.S. authorities spotted a weather balloon drifting into American airspace. According to the Associated Press, the balloon was spotted over a “few days” as it drifted above “sensitive sites” such as areas of Montana where one of the nation’s three nuclear missile silo fields is located.
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Pentagon officials told reporters that the U.S. had a “very high confidence” that the balloon was flying over such sites to collect information. But, despite the balloon flying close to some top secret spots, the Pentagon added that it decided not to shoot it down over concerns of hurting people on the ground.
Now, the AP reports that China has spoken out about the incident and tried to quell any concerns that it was spying on the U.S. According to the site:
